Stylishly exotic, Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl was a show-stopper at the recent Fendi cocktail party for Houston Grand Opera. The leather pants by Prada and long top by Rick Owens were just the high-fashion ticket when worn with her Louboutin Daf Booty footwear (those and the pants were finds at Nordstrom).

"I tend to be drawn to designers with a creative edge," she says. "Something different, something that is interesting to look at, something that uses imperfections to highlight its beauty."

Well, we think this look was a high-fashion knock-out down to the Dolce & Gabbana bag, the Burberry bracelet and her watch from Omega. 

Carrie, her husband and two young daughters relocated to Houston from Denver nine years ago. Oil and gas world, what else?

—SHELBY HODGE